From b2d5229dd746b8e215aef5e1320847d0677b37f8 2012-04-18 20:37:53 From: Thomas Kluyver Date: 2012-04-18 20:37:53 Subject: [PATCH] Mention that suppressing output also bypasses output cache. --- diff --git a/docs/source/interactive/tips.txt b/docs/source/interactive/tips.txt index f8d86a2..5705734 100644 --- a/docs/source/interactive/tips.txt +++ b/docs/source/interactive/tips.txt @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ Suppress output Put a ';' at the end of a line to suppress the printing of output. This is useful when doing calculations which generate long output you are not -interested in seeing. +interested in seeing. It also keeps the object out of the output cache, so if +you're working with large temporary objects, they'll be released from memory sooner. Lightweight 'version control' -----------------------------